The beams of light struck one after another, faster and faster.
The three elders maintaining the protective shield saw their faces instantly change!
"Sect Master, if this continues, I fear we won't last much longer..." the Great Elder gritted his teeth. "Please think of something..."
As soon as he finished speaking, spiderweb cracks appeared on the shield!
Chen Feng gritted his teeth and took out a small porcelain bottle from his ring.
With a pained expression, he swallowed the pills inside.
In just a few breaths, his depleted true qi was fully restored!
Then, he took out a small sword, about a palm's length, from his ring.
He had found this small sword in some ruins over a hundred years ago.
In another two or three years, he would have completely refined it.
At that time, his strength would surely more than double its current level!
Alas, he no longer had time!
Even the best magical artifact was useless if one lost their life...
Chen Feng tossed the small sword into the air and shot streams of true qi into its body.
As true qi was continuously injected, the small sword grew larger and larger!
It stopped growing when its body reached about ten feet long.
Then, the sword body swayed, and another identical sword appeared beside it.
One became two, two became four, four became eight...
In an instant, over a hundred swords materialized!
Each one was enveloped in raging flames!
Then, the more than a hundred swords, trailing fire, stabbed towards the giant eyeball!
As they flew, the flames on these swords began to merge, eventually transforming into a super fire sword over thirty feet long!
"CRACKLE!"
The true qi shield finally shattered, and the three elders fell to the ground, weak.
However, the white light shot by the giant eyeball was completely evaporated by the giant sword!
As if sensing danger, the giant eyeball immediately flew away into the distance.
Unfortunately, it was too late!
The giant fire sword ruthlessly pierced its body and flew out the other side!
The giant eyeball's body instantly burst into flames!
It frantically swatted at its body with its tentacles, trying to extinguish the flames.
But alas, it was all in vain.
"——!"
With a cry of unwilling agony, the giant eyeball turned to ashes!
The flying giant fire sword also dissipated in mid-air.
"Pfft—!"
Chen Feng spat out a large mouthful of blood, his face instantly turning as pale as paper!
Although this small sword had not been completely refined, it was already considered his life-bound magical artifact.
The backlash from self-detonating a life-bound magical artifact was not something any cultivator, regardless of their realm, could easily withstand!
Then, Chen Feng's body swayed, and he fell to the side.
If not for an elder by his side quickly catching him, he would have fallen hard!
The elder quickly channeled some true qi into Chen Feng, allowing him to barely avoid fainting.
Then, Chen Feng quickly took another pill, and his complexion finally eased a bit.
There was nothing left of the giant eyeball, so there was no battlefield to scavenge.
Chen Feng and the three elders sat cross-legged to meditate, while others protected them in the center.
While recovering, Chen Feng pondered.
Although he had been busy fighting, his divine sense had not neglected his surroundings.
He had clearly seen the predicament of Ye Fan and the others.
Ye Fan's current aura was very weak; he was obviously injured.
Looking at it this way, Ye Fan himself truly had little strength.
And Zi Yu's earlier call of "Master" made everything clear to him.
Ye Fan couldn't sense any true qi cultivation, so he was a body cultivator!
However, he couldn't even deal with the tentacle attack from that monster just now, which indicated his level was not very high.
The reason he could get this far was likely because of the woman who called him master.
In other words, she was his contracted creature!
In the subsequent battle, the giant eyeball never attacked these four again.
Monsters fought purely on instinct, and they usually attacked the strongest opponents first.
This indicated that the strength of their group was above that of those four.
As for the Second Elder and Master Xie Yan, Chen Feng completely ignored them.
Those two old fellows still had their heads buried in the ground, their minds clearly not working properly.
After figuring all this out, Chen Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Whether he would make a move against Ye Fan and the others later was another matter.
At least knowing that the other party's strength was not a threat to him was reassuring.
Even though he was severely injured now, he still had the elders by his side!
If nothing else, the strength of the Second and Third Elders alone was not much less than his.
If the two of them joined forces, he might not even be able to defeat them!
On the other side.
Ye Fan, cradled in Zi Yu's arms, slowly opened his eyes.
His entire body felt like it was splitting apart; the pain was immense!
Fortunately, Ye Fan had experienced similar or even greater pain before, so he didn't cry out in agony.
However, his experience told him that his current situation was not optimistic.
If nothing changed, his internal organs would begin to rupture.
At this rate, he would die soon.
Damn it!
Fantastic!!!
"Master, how are you?" Zi Yu asked with concern.
Ye Fan looked at Zi Yu with annoyance.
His face was full of exasperation...
Even now, the system hadn't made a move.
This proved that this dog system was really in big trouble!
Such a rare opportunity, coupled with the attack just now.
Everything perfect was ruined by Zi Yu's rescue, turning into a bubble...
There was no point in scolding Zi Yu now, so Ye Fan could only silently endure.
"Master, you...?"
Seeing Ye Fan staring at her blankly without speaking, Zi Yu's heart fluttered with panic.
She didn't know why her master, who was supposed to be stronger than her, was injured, and so severely at that.
All she knew was that if she didn't intervene again, her master might not make it...
"I'm fine..." Ye Fan said weakly. "...Thank you!"
"You are my master, it's what I should do!"
Zi Yu said matter-of-factly.
Ye Fan immediately rolled his eyes.
Did she really think he was thanking her...
"Master, your injuries are too severe," Zi Yu frowned. "Why don't I use my demonic energy to heal you? Although it won't heal you immediately, it can at least slow down the progression of your injuries."
"Zi Yu, I am human, and you are a demon," Ye Fan said earnestly. "We are not from the same power system at all. Do you think it will be useful? If it goes wrong, your demonic energy might even kill me."
As Ye Fan spoke, he looked directly at Zi Yu.
His gaze was incredibly sincere.
Making one feel as though these were his heartfelt words.
But in reality...
Don't make more trouble for me!
I've finally reached the brink of death, just let me die in peace!
At the same time, the two old men made their move.
Their heads were still buried in the ground, and their buttocks wiggled in different directions.
It looked as if they were observing their surroundings.
However, with that posture, it looked exceptionally strange...
"WHOOSH!"
"WHOOSH!"
The next moment.
The two old men pulled their heads out and excitedly embraced each other.
"The danger has passed, we're safe!"
"That's great!"
...
As they spoke, they started jumping in place.
When they had buried their heads in the ground earlier, they had big lotus leaves on their heads.
When they buried their heads, the big lotus leaves immediately slid up to their necks.
They were still hanging around their necks...
To be honest.
This look was truly unique...
"Hm?"
The two old men sensed something keenly and walked towards Ye Fan.
"Ye Fan, you're injured!"
"Such a serious injury, you must be treated immediately!"
The two old men looked very anxious.
Their anxiety was mixed with a hint of excitement.
Master Xie Yan even pulled out a handful of silver needles from his crotch on the spot!